Posting the Twins' first shutout of the season, Paul Thormodsgard allowed only five hits and beat the Brewers, 5-0. Mike Cubbage drove in four runs, hitting a single for a marker in the second inning and whacking a homer for three RBIs in the third. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Monday, July      4, 1977 (Day game) at County Stadium
Twins        0  1  4    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5 10  0
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bostock lf            3   0   1   0     2   0   .333      Yount ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .301
Smalley ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .224      Joshua cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .252
Carew 1b              3   1   0   0     1   2   .403      Cooper 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .289
  Chiles ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .270      Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .249
  Thormodsgard p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Money 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .298
Hisle cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .301      Lezcano rf            2   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Adams dh              2   2   1   1     1   1   .380      Quirk dh              3   0   1   0     0   0   .229
  Kusick ph,dh,1b     2   0   0   0     0   2   .248      Brye lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Wynegar c             4   1   2   0     0   1   .264      Haney c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .174
Cubbage 3b            3   1   2   4     1   1   .281        Sheldon ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Ford rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Moore c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Wilfong 2b            2   0   1   0     0   1   .268      Sorensen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gomez ph,2b         2   0   1   0     0   0   .333        McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hinds p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  10   5     5  10             Totals               30   0   5   0     2   3

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 13,070
Left on Base: Twins 9, Brewers 5
DP: Twins 2, Brewers 2
Doubles: Chiles (10), Quirk (9)
Home Runs: Cubbage (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (9), Hisle (4)
GIDP: Smalley (5), Bostock (10), Yount (5), Money (13)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thormodsgard W(6-4)     9     5   0   0   2   3   0  32   3.71
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   3   0  32

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sorensen L(2-2)         2.1   5   5   5   4   1   1  16   4.28
McClure                 4.2   3   0   0   0   7   0  16   2.12
Hinds                   2     2   0   0   1   2   0   9   3.98
Totals                  9    10   5   5   5  10   1  41

Passed Balls: Haney (4)

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Al Clark


TWINS 1ST: Bostock walked; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Bostock to second]; Carew flied out to
center; Hisle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Yount flied out to center; Joshua flied out to
left; Cooper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Adams walked; Wynegar grounded out (catcher to first)
[Adams to second]; Cubbage singled [Adams scored]; Ford popped
to first in foul territory; Wilfong singled to center [Cubbage
to third, Wilfong to second (on throw to 3b)]; Bostock was
walked intentionally; Smalley flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Bando grounded out (third to first); Money walked;
Lezcano walked [Money to second]; Quirk popped to third; Brye
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Carew walked; Hisle out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Carew to second]; Adams singled [Carew scored]; Wynegar
singled to right [Adams to second]; Cubbage homered [Adams
scored, Wynegar scored]; MCCLURE REPLACED SORENSEN (PITCHING);
Ford flied out to right; Wilfong struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Haney popped to first in foul territory; Yount
grounded out (pitcher to first); Joshua flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Bostock singled to right; Smalley grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bostock out at
second]; Carew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Cooper singled to center; Bando struck out; Money
flied out to center; Lezcano popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Hisle singled to left; Adams was called out on
strikes; Wynegar singled to right [Hisle to second]; Cubbage
struck out; Ford made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Twins 5, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Quirk flied out to center; Brye grounded out (third
to first); Haney grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

TWINS 6TH: GOMEZ BATTED FOR WILFONG; Gomez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bostock flied out to left; Smalley struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: GOMEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Yount grounded
out (shortstop to first); Joshua grounded out (shortstop to
first); Cooper singled to right; Bando forced Cooper (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

TWINS 7TH: Carew struck out; Hisle popped to first; KUSICK
BATTED FOR ADAMS; Kusick was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Money popped to
third; Lezcano flied out to center; Quirk doubled to center;
Brye grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 5, Brewers 0.

TWINS 8TH: HINDS REPLACED MCCLURE (PITCHING); Wynegar struck out
but advanced to first on a passed ball; Cubbage walked [Wynegar
to second]; Ford flied out to right; Gomez singled to left
[Wynegar to third, Cubbage to second]; Bostock grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gomez out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 8TH: SHELDON BATTED FOR HANEY; Sheldon singled to right;
Yount grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Sheldon out at second]; Joshua struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

TWINS 9TH: MOORE REPLACED SHELDON (PLAYING C ); Smalley grounded
out (shortstop to first); CHILES BATTED FOR CAREW; Chiles
doubled to left; Hisle popped to catcher in foul territory;
Kusick struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 9TH: THORMODSGARD REPLACED CHILES (PITCHING); KUSICK
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Cooper struck out; Bando singled
to left; Money grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Bando out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5,
Brewers 0.